CHAPTER 159: ZONING REGULATIONS
Section
General Provisions
   159.001   Title
   159.002   Intent and purpose
   159.003   Interpretation and construction
   159.004   Applicability
   159.005   Nonconforming uses, buildings, and structures
   159.006   Supremacy; effective date
   159.007   Definitions
Administration
   159.020   Zoning Administrator
   159.021   Duties of the Zoning Administrator
   159.022   Applications
   159.023   Appeals and variances; Board of Adjustment and Appeals
   159.024   Conditional use permits and interim use permits
   159.025   City permits
   159.026   Amendments
   159.027   Permits
   159.028   Certificate of occupancy
   159.029   Fees
   159.030   Environmental assessment (EAW) and impact statements (EIS)
Zoning Districts, Permitted Uses and Dimensional Standards
   159.040   Districts
   159.041   Minimum requirements
   159.042   Zoning district map
   159.043   Uses
   159.044   Floodplain Overlay District
   159.045   Planned Unit Development Overlay District
   159.046   St. Croix Overlay District
   159.047   Lake and Shoreland Management Overlay District
Planned Unit Developments
   159.060   Intent
   159.061   Definitions
   159.062   Exclusions
   159.063   Preliminary review
   159.064   Application for approval of PUD permits
   159.065   Requirements of general development plan for large or complex areas
   159.066   General development plan for small areas
   159.067   Permits generally; plats
   159.068   City permit for site plans and building plans
Structures; Design and Performance Standards
   159.080   Minimum standards; purpose
   159.081   Exterior architectural standards for commercial, retail, office, industrial, warehouse and similar buildings in nonresidential zoning districts
   159.082   Principal buildings
   159.083   Accessory buildings and structures
   159.084   Security dwelling units in commercial and industrial districts
   159.085   Public convenience structures
   159.086   Fences
   159.087   Exterior storage
   159.088   Fallout shelters
   159.089   Tennis courts or sport courts
   159.090   Interim uses and structures; requirements
Residential Developments and Uses; Design and Performance Standards
   159.100   Apartments and other multiple-family uses
   159.101   Townhouse developments
   159.102   Cluster developments
   159.103   Guest houses
   159.104   Home occupations
Commercial and Business Uses
   159.110   Drive-in business
   159.111   Coin-operated machines
   159.112   Swimming pools
   159.113   Automobile sales and showrooms
   159.114   Livestock
   159.115   Service stations
   159.116   Shopping centers
   159.117   Commercial special occasion ceremony venue
   159.118   Outside uses accessory to restaurants and similar retail uses in the retail business district
Mobile Homes and Parks
   159.130   Manufactured or mobile homes
   159.131   Mobile home parks
   159.132   Recreational vehicle regulations
   159.133   Recreational vehicle park regulations
   159.134   Manufactured homes
Environmental Considerations; Access; Nuisances
   159.145   Environmental pollution
   159.146   Drainage
   159.147   Land reclamation and land grading
   159.148   Soil conservation plans
   159.149   Mining
   159.150   Agricultural operations
   159.151   Storage of hazardous materials
   159.152   Explosives
   159.153   Screening
   159.154   Landscaping
   159.155   Reasonable maintenance required
   159.156   Vegetative cutting
   159.157   Outdoor lighting
   159.158   Access drives and access standards
   159.159   Private roads
   159.160   Parking
   159.161   Off-street loading and unloading areas
   159.162   Traffic control
   159.163   Nuisances
   159.164   Environmental nuisances
   159.165   Miscellaneous nuisances
   159.166   Noise control
Signs
   159.180   Title
   159.181   Purpose and intent
   159.182   Findings
   159.183   Permit required
   159.184   Comprehensive sign plan and diagrams
   159.185   Definitions
   159.186   Signs not permitted in any zoning district
   159.187   Private traffic signs
   159.188   Political signs
   159.189   Real estate development signs
   159.190   Construction signs
   159.191   Required signs; house numbers
   159.192   Permitted in agricultural and residential districts
   159.193   Permitted in retail business district
   159.194   Religious organizations
   159.195   Permitted in PUD districts or uses requiring conditional use permit
   159.196   Sign construction
   159.197   Wall signs
   159.198   Gasoline service stations
   159.199   Window signs
   159.200   Sign maintenance
   159.201   Obsolete signs
   159.202   Unsafe or dangerous signs
   159.203   Temporary sign permits
   159.204   Expiration of permits
   159.205   Permit chart
Enforcement
   159.220   Violations
 
   159.999   Penalty
   Appendix A:   Zoning Map
Editor's note:
   The Model Code of Washington County Communities, Zoning Ordinance, as adopted February 29, 1980 by the Washington County Planning Advisory Commission, serves as the basis of this chapter with modifications as follows herein.